121: The Gospel of Wellness (w/Rina Raphael)
Conspirituality22 Sep 2022

121: The Gospel of Wellness (w/Rina Raphael)

Are you ready to biohack your brain with buttered coffee? How about going “within” at the Drybar of acupuncture? What if we told you that cannabis will catapult your chakras into higher consciousness—all it costs is a $5,000 retreat entry fee, not including airfare and hotel? In the $4.4 trillion wellness industry, is any cost really too expensive to achieve true self-care—even if it never really seems like you arrive anywhere at all?Rina Raphael was getting burnt out as a millennial digital news producer at NBC News. And so she did what anyone would do: she moved to Los Angeles in search of that self-care. Yet she could never shake her journalistic chops, and so she ended up writing about the wellness industry for the NY Times, the LA Times, Fast Company, and other publications. Her skeptical eye and earnest curiosity lead her to write her brand new book, The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care. And she’s here this week to talk to us this week about her adventures in modern spirituality—its teachings as well as its traps. Show NotesThe Gospel of WellnessWell To Do — Rina Raphael -- -- --Support us on PatreonPre-order Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat: America | Canada Follow us on Instagram | Twitter: Derek | Matthew | JulianOriginal music by EarthRise SoundSystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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233: DC’s Catholic Power Center (w/Gareth Gore)

233: DC’s Catholic Power Center (w/Gareth Gore)

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Bonus Sample: Thinking About "Holism"

Bonus Sample: Thinking About "Holism"

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18 Nov 20245min

Brief: Post-Election Online Survivor Group Dynamics

Brief: Post-Election Online Survivor Group Dynamics

The post-election online chaos has a lot in common with what can go wrong in online survivor groups. Matthew tracks how opportunities for connection and solidarity can crater into gravity wells of rec...

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232: Gaslighting The Election

232: Gaslighting The Election

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Bonus Sample: “What will happen?” (asks a 12 year-old)

Bonus Sample: “What will happen?” (asks a 12 year-old)

Matthew got The Question on the morning after the election. At that moment, he came up with nothing but a hug. But then he chewed on it for days, and came up with eleven things to consider.  So here a...

11 Nov 20245min

Brief: Tucker Carlson's Daddy Issues

Brief: Tucker Carlson's Daddy Issues

Derek discusses Tucker Carlson advocating for corporal punishment as a way to discipline children in his appearance at the Turning Points USA MAGA rally. This is an unlock from a recent Patreon bonus,...

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231: New Age Bible, Postmodern Novel (w/ Sheila Heti)

231: New Age Bible, Postmodern Novel (w/ Sheila Heti)

Rapid-response electoral punditry is not our lane. So, while we gather our feelings and thoughts, Matthew hosts novelist Sheila Heti for a discussion of her encounter with A Course in Miracles, and wh...

7 Nov 20241h 5min

Bonus Sample: Elections on 3 Continents

Bonus Sample: Elections on 3 Continents

Having lived under Apartheid in South Africa, voted in the UK, and now staring down this terrifying US election, Julian reflects on the political differences between the three countries. Stay tuned fo...

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